• Stan Grant signs off Q+A
• The Mountain’s Keeper gets revenge on The Summit
Total TV Ratings, May 15
Have You Been Paying Attention? kicked off for another year, with 1,042,000 laughing along as the show dissected the news of the week, up 25%. Also on 10, MasterChef royalty Poh Ling Yeow joined the kitchen for 920,000, up 25%.
On Seven, Home and Away was up 20% for a total audience of 974,000. Blow Up debuted to 531,000, as the contestants had 12 hours to create a balloon world with a Future or Fantasy theme, lifting 13%.
The second episode of The Summit took 694,000 along as the team continued their trek to the top, up. 29%.
Overnight TV Ratings, May 22
Primetime News
Seven News 1,010,00 (6:00pm) / 970,000 (6:30pm)
Nine News 826,000 (6:00pm) / 835,000 (6:30pm)
ABC News 600,000
10 News First 244,000 (5:00pm)/ 200,000 (6:00pm)
SBS World News 136,000 (6:30pm)/ 105,000 (7:00pm)
Daily Current Affairs
A Current Affair 709,000
7.30 481,000
The Project 248,000 6:30pm / 307,000 7pm
Breakfast TV
Sunrise 206,000
Today 193,000
News Breakfast 142,000
Seven has won Monday night with a primary share of 22.2% and a network share of 29.9%. Multichannels was won by 7Two with a 3.1% share.
Margot tormented Andrew on Seven’s Home and Away, with 538,000 tuning in to make the trip to Summer Bay. The Farmer Wants A Wife reunion then brought the five farmers together again, telling 649,000 viewers what life has been like since the cameras stopped rolling.
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Nine’s A Current Affair spoke to the Haynes family for 709,000 viewers, speaking about how they lost their 13-year-old daughter after she died inhaling chemicals from deodorant. It was more pain for the trekkers on The Summit, with The Mountain’s Keeper coming back for revenge after Jans had taunted it earlier in the hike. 386,000 watched as the trekkers had to sprint to the trees carrying their cash, with Phillip sacrificing himself at the end of the race.
ABC’s 7.30 interviewed Stella Assange, and told 481,000 about the scope of the Voice referendum. Four Corners lifted the lid on the shadowy underworld of Australia’s cocaine supply chain for 432,000, before Media Watch brought in 459,000 viewers. 310,000 then tuned in to see Stan Grant’s final episode hosting Q+A as he steps back after sustained racial abuse, with the panel discussing racism in Australia.
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On 10, The Project (248,000 6:30pm / 307,000 7pm) covered the Federal Government cracking down on the unregulated market of Buy Now, Pay Later schemes, and spoke to musician Pete Murray. It was mystery box night on MasterChef Australia, with 483,000 tuning in to see the cooks working to avoid tonight’s Pressure Test. Have You Been Paying Attention? rounded out the evening for 563,000.
The highest rating show on SBS was Rise Of The Nazis with 86,000.